RE: https://social.tchncs.de/@cark/116459954767698913 #TIL You can copy or rename files without retyping the path: ❯ cp /your/long/path/config.toml{,.bak} This expands to: cp /your/long/path/config.toml /your/long/path/config.bak Works also with `echo` (nice for testing). Thanks to @irom#til[…]

Really good piece by Shay O'Brien in ASR on persistence of kin networks. If I were teaching networks, Econ soc or theory (I'm not) it'd be on my syllabus. What pieces from the last 5-10 years would you put on a general grad soc curriculum? #sociology #sociology […]

37 (yikes) years ago I joined Microsoft with the goal of putting APIs into apps so you could control them without doing SendKeys. Now there are AI’s literally scrolling browser windows to achieve tasks. Progress! […]

My dudes DETENT is not a rare technical word

This is so incredibly bleak. A must read about the great expertise extraction from highly competent precarious professionals. A giant sucking sound as brains get extracted by malevolent billionaires (Gift link) […] [Original post on sciences.social]

I'm writing this in English. Not because English is my first language—it isn't. I'm writing this in English because if I wrote it in Korean, the people I'm addressing would run it through an outdated translator, misread it, and respond to something I never said. The responsibility for that […]

This is so incredibly bleak. A must read about the great expertise extraction from highly competent precarious professionals. A giant sucking sound as brains get extracted by malevolent billionaires (Gift link) […] [Original post on sciences.social]

It's been a long while since I put on my gerontologist's hat. Amplifying the risks of AI companionship was a good reason to do so for this letter to Issues in Science and Technology in response to J.B. Branch […]

https://bsky.app/profile/pardoguerra.bsky.social/post/3mgbf7jzx6k26 #sociology

"The heat was hot and the ground was dry." Has there ever been a more heartfelt, deeply observed description of the desert than in the 1972 #1 hit song "Horse With No Name"? They just don't write em like they used to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OTc4ZOsSSI

I'm a little bit allergic to acts of premeditated inspiration, but this piece pierced me and touched me and cheered me - partly because of its textured humanization of the people whom the regime is systematically attempting to dehumanize. I invite you to read the whole thing […]

Kash Patel says he now has a lead that Savannah Guthrie's mom is being held at either the NCAA Final Four or the Masters golf tournament, plans to personally investigate.

Incompetence & thoughtlessness abounds. This stuck out to me “ICE intends to reduce its number of facilities from approximately 300 to 34 nationwide. The facility in Social Circle is expected to house anywhere from 7,500 to 10,000” 10,000???? Are they really gonna cut out GEO & CoreCivic? […]

You probably already knew this but immigrants in the U.S. pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits. Every year. https://bsky.app/profile/cato.org/post/3mdxv2ckdx62p https://www.cato.org/white-paper/immigrants-recent-effects-government-budgets-1994-2023

Accountability for those with power has been under attack for decades, largely due to an already-unaccountable Supreme Court. Like pneumonia for people with leukemia, Trump is an acute & possibly mortal problem, but the broader condition must also be treated […]

Frickin A’ (NYT poll gift link https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/us/politics/trump-poll-second-term.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVA.Ama_.8NanxW0E7w9O&smid=url-share)

1/ I'm seeking expressions of interest from nonprofit organizations to take over the Open Access Tracking Project (#OATP, @oatp#OATP and the open-source software (#TagTeam) on which it runs. Details in this Google doc: https://bit.ly/TransferOATP Contact me <[email protected]> if you have any […]

Where things stand in Trump's America. M. Gessen is always worth reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/opinion/trump-one-year-later.html?unlocked_article_code=1.F1A.MI0b.LhNaKfaVeujH&smid=url-share

My mom got mail from Public Citizen asking for $ to support a campaign to overturn Supreme Court's pro-crime Trump v. US decision via constitutional amendment. Good idea. BUT their website https://www.citizen.org shows no sign of that campaign. Is anyone spearheading this, not just asking for […]

Wikipedia is now 25. It has over 10,000 links to abstract, series or author pages on RePEc. IDEAS (now 28) links back to Wikipedia on those pages. https://ideas.repec.org/ #dailyRePEc #economics

The behavior of the executive branch is a more acute problem, but the judiciary is ensuring we can’t fix any chronic ones […]

This from M. Gessen in their interview with Ezra Klein is scary. (Gift link) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-m-gessen.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1A.-Iuv.8DQEMYnMMXbe&smid=url-share

The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-brazen-illegality-of-trumps-venezuela-operation

Can’t wait for Supreme Court ruling on whether Maduro gets absolute or only qualified immunity.

This whole thread on bsky https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3mbihjgi3xc2u

I had never heard about this trophy or the backstory (ahem). https://www.si.com/college/2017/12/18/birmingham-bowl-trophy-vulcan-statue-photo ht: https://bsky.app/profile/edsbs.bsky.social/post/3mb5cyrjwvc2h

My son’s girlfriend is at Brown (he graduated). She’s ok. And I haven’t heard from my friends in Bondi (where I lived as an expat) whose kids went to the Chabad School when they were younger. It’s still early there, but it’s been a nauseating couple of days. So sad for the people who lost loved ones

I'm supposed to be writing, so of course I'm reading unrelated stuff instead. But for #sociology folks, this Burawoy piece on Bourdieu and Gramsci is incredibly clearly written. So sad that Burawoy was killed in an accident. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/0038038511422725

If you want to mention some economics research on social media or the web, use a link to a RePEc abstract page instead of a direct link: It will always stay up, provide context (cites, refs, author profile), often alternative versions (ungated link, journal article), and more […]

I bought an ebook from Routledge (avoiding Amazon & cheaper than Kindle) without realizing that they require a janky ereader with its own account/login (VitalSource) to access a protected ePub. Last week I bought a book from Palgrave & they let me download a PDF (Yay). I'm not gonna share it […]

Paging Arlie Hochschild. Emotional labor needed on aisle 4. #sociology https://www.wilx.com/2025/11/07/target-is-now-requiring-its-employees-smile-more/

This is an elegant map and a great write up of a difficult data presentation problem. #rstats https://mastodon.social/@kjhealy/115505021479680286

Sounds interesting: https://bsky.app/profile/jaeyeonkim.bsky.social/post/3m2n2tzi22226 #sociology

The New York Times minimizing the unconstitutional assault on US cities so much that it didn't appear on the "front page" even on my big screen monitor. Had to export a pdf to capture the tiny headline. Truly atrocious. Does any major US news org care at all?

The New York Times minimizing the unconstitutional assault on US cities so much that it didn't appear on the "front page" even on my big screen monitor. Had to export a pdf to capture the tiny headline. Truly atrocious. Does any major US news org care at all?

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes https://interestingengineering.com/science/chinas-oyster-inspired-bone-glue saw here: https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3lzy5j43e2s2e

Worth a watch from Jake Grumbach. I sure hope someone pushes an anti-corruption position in the US. I dunno whether politics will pan out, but we really need it. https://bsky.app/profile/perrybaconjr.bsky.social/post/3lzt5j2fp4c2i

That cat was accused of counter-revolutionary activities by the Committee of Public Safety.

FYI KOMO in #seattle is a Sinclair ABC station. Brian Stelter says This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the […]

Having just been in New York, the Rosh Hashanah display at my local #seattle grocery featuring *Matzah* made me feel out of place. Do they get points for trying? Shanah Tovah all. #roshhashanah

Need your fix of new economics papers in your field? On Mastodon? Find the accounts here: https://nep.repec.org/ #dailyRePEc #economics

Ashland #or has free #ev chargers in city owned parking lot - just plug in. 4hr limit. 9 x 9 kw chargers. Power ~8¢/kwh here so probably < $10/hr cost to city. People seem to love it. #seattle has some neighborhood chargers, but still have to pay via ChargePoint app.

it's not a distraction - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yyFjNfTlZTM https://m.youtube.com/shorts/yyFjNfTlZTM

Read the whole thing: Mass. mom detained by ICE for 10 days over decades-old minor marijuana charge - masslive.com https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/08/mass-mom-detained-by-ice-for-10-days-over-decades-old-minor-marijuana-charge.html

Nice to see my governor pushing back on Bondi: https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2025-08/FinalResponseLetter.pdf

Trump: “Harvard has to understand, the last thing I want to do is hurt them,” he added. “They’re hurting themselves. They’re fighting.” Trump’s attitude on Universities, Ukraine and women. It’s only a problem if you resist […]

Half of US history in a single photo. Man in "We the people Defend Liberty" t-shirt depriving someone of liberty. From New Yorker photographer Mark Peterson: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/11/ices-spectacle-of-intimidation

I have no idea how Safari on iOS decides what shortcuts to display when tapping the address bar, but I swear the giant LUST/SSM on my screen was unintentional.